LOL: What does "mid-lane hybrid expert" mean?

Chapter 73 Weak Takeoff

Thanks to Snake's open-source nature.

Several teams in Group A almost simultaneously dug up the replay of that BO03 match, trying to find something they could replicate from Snake's draft and early game tempo. Fortunately, they managed to steal a small game by copying Snake's approach in their subsequent match against EDG.

Just like.

IM was just defeated 1-0 by EDG.

June 11th, LPL Summer Split.

Li Yi starts against IM.

In the IM backstage lounge, coach Sun Dayong stared in disbelief as his team was speedrun in 25 minutes.

What's going on?

He had clearly studied the best-of-three series Snake won against EDG for several days. Although the starting lineup for this game was changed to Li Yi, it was just a matter of changing the heroes banned.

As a result, Li Yi got a plane.

They haven't even reached their peak performance yet.

I cleared the IM level in 25 minutes.

It seems that Coach Zhu Kai's draft picks were truly insightful and cannot be changed at all.

What puzzled Sun Dayong the most was that, although he knew Li Yi was a rare command-type mid laner, why did the laning phase of EDG's top and bottom lanes become normal after he joined the game?

In the last match, EDG's side laners frequently gave up gank opportunities, and they fell behind their lane opponents by nearly 1K gold after the laning phase ended.

In this match, EDG suddenly returned to the almost flawless rhythm they displayed during the Demacia Cup, whether it was vision control, counter-ganking timing, or gank routes. More importantly, apart from a four-man gank on the bottom lane with a bomb, Li Yi spent almost the entire game farming in the mid lane.

Even if Sun Dayong didn't believe in the palace intrigue and acting theories, he couldn't help but question the matter at this moment.

In the second game, IM chose the blue side.

Sun Dayong abandoned his strategy of fighting EDG in the early game and instead gave Kassadin to his own mid laner Athena, who is good at late-game carry champions. At the same time, in order to disrupt EDG's Nightmare and Orianna system, he had to pick Nightmare instead of banning it.

EDG's lineup is quite intriguing.

Gnar, the prince, and the angel!

Exactly the same Ueno and Nakano!

Coach, aren't we being too obvious?

[Except for the support being changed from Taric to Thresh, this is the lineup we used to lose the third game to Snake.]

I think not only the players on the field, but also the coaching staff are part of the "protect the game" faction.

If the roles were reversed, the Cup King would show you what true cruelty is!

[This LeBlanc tutorial isn't at a high rank. It's an LPL Summer Split match against Group A's top team, IM. Scouts watching this video, pay close attention and learn a lot!]

"EDG has requested a pause — did LeeE bring the wrong Summoner Spell?" On the commentary desk, Miller looked at the loading screen and discovered that Li Yi hadn't brought Flash.

"Oh, no, it's just that A-Guang needs to use the restroom."

"Then LeeE will definitely take Exhaust and Teleport. Although LeBlanc has a lot of mobility, and there have been builds that don't take Flash before, the margin for error might be lower against a team with many dive champions." Wawa gave a pretend analysis.

I saw the opponent's dual summoner setup.

The one who suffered the most was IM's top laner, AmazingJ.

Upon seeing the Weakness effect on the loading screen, he felt an urge to play AD Kennen, but unfortunately, his talents and runes were already set up, and the coach had chosen this champion for him to coordinate with the Lightning Bolt initiation.

Seeing that Li Yi was willing to forgo Flash and bring Teleport, it was already very clear that he was being targeted by him.

Enter the game.

Li Yi bought a longsword and a reusable potion and went out.

Since Li Yi decided to choose Hextech Gunblade as his first completed item, Longsword was not a bad choice just for suppression.

Since Kassadin's base armor is 19, the attack speed rune that Li Yi chose will be amplified during the laning phase. The extra attack damage provided by the Long Sword, combined with LeBlanc's 525-yard attack range, will allow him to gain a significant advantage in trades in the early levels.

"Suppress without killing!"

"LeeE is so calm!"

Miller's gaze was fixed on the middle lane.

In his memory, this player rarely gave anyone a chance to be ganked.

From God's perspective, after clearing three camps of jungle monsters, Nightmare didn't choose to farm the river crab, but instead went straight to the mid lane to ambush.

However, Li Yi stopped using W to step on Kassadin's face from level three onwards. He simply used basic attacks and Q to slowly manage the minion wave, gradually widening the gap in Kassadin's health and CS, but he never had any intention of killing him.

"Because LeBlanc hadn't used her W ability, Nightmare had to come out early to help push the lane," Miller explained.

Doll nodded in agreement: "Yes, Nightmare's early jungle clearing time is very precious, we can't waste too much time on these ineffective ambushes —"

"Normally, there's no need to gank LeBlanc in the mid lane. But this game is special because LeeE didn't bring Flash, so IM might be trying to force a lock with Kassadin's E."

I saw the nightmare peek out.

Li Yi thus achieved his goal.

Indeed, after Nightmare cleared the jungle route, EDG's bot lane started aggressively pushing the lane. To adhere to the principle of occupying half of the map, the opposing team had no choice but to retreat passively.

The cannon minion wave was slowly pushed under the blue side's tower. The M bot lane duo was preparing to retreat when they discovered that a level 4 Jarvan IV had appeared behind the tower.

"In this match, EDG capitalized on the early-game strength of their Thresh with Ignite to gain an advantage, and together with their jungler, they tower-dived and killed Jinjiao."

The ice.

"Fortunately, Thresh was traded for the turret, and IM's bot lane didn't lose much experience. It all depends on whether the level 6 Nightmare can find his rhythm and turn the tide in the bot lane."

Eight and a half minutes have passed.

"I'm level six now, is the bot lane safe?" IM's support Road asked jungler Ben4 in broken Chinese. Because he had cleared two waves of minions and reached level six early, it seemed like a good opportunity for a counterattack.

"I can fly, I can fly." Ben4's Nightmare finished clearing the last set of jungle monsters, and as the ultimate ability icon lit up, his view had already switched to the bottom lane.

"Kill Thresh first, Thresh doesn't have Flash."

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In the darkness, Nightmare locked onto Thresh.

Considering that Thresh had already lost a significant amount of health, this seemed like a gank that was unlikely to fail.

But the moment the nightmare landed, the IM members were all stunned.

Not only does Nightmare not have a W shield, but it also has a Weakness debuff, making its QA burst damage upon landing weak.

"Waaaaah!" the baby started screaming, "What happened now?"

"Let's take a look at the replay. LeeE spotted the Nightmare that had reached level six through vision in the jungle," Miller continued calmly.

"Perhaps fearing being caught off guard by Thresh's E upon landing, Ben4 activated his W early, taking advantage of the mechanism that refreshes the W shield's duration during his ultimate. However, LeeE's LeBlanc arrived in time with two dashes, breaking the shield with a single Q and applying Exhaust to Nightmare!"

The nightmare, regaining its senses, grew increasingly angry.

Seeing that he was being outmaneuvered by Thresh, he finally decided to Flash into the tower and trade blows with Thresh.

Damn it, why would a LeBlanc run into the jungle just to apply Exhaust to him?